Jewelry Trends

A Serpent in the Garden: Year of the Snake Jewelry

Serpents have long been a popular motif in jewelry. The duality of fascination and fear keeps snakes recurring in jewelry, from ancient times to the present. Snakes have represented fertility, rebirth, immortality, desire, and eternity. No matter what they represent…

Grammy Jewelry: Shamila Jiwa Earrings

I had the pleasure of helping a friend select a pair of earrings to wear to the Grammy Awards on February 10, 2013. I love projects like this. After looking at various options, she selected this pair of Shamila Jiwa carved rock crystal quartz earrings…

Alexandra Mor Wins Fashion Group International Fine Jewelry Award

You may recall my profile of Alexandra Mor from a few months ago: her jewelry is very memorable (see her amazing jewels here). It was not completely surprising to me that on February 24th, 2012, Alexandra won…

Jewelry Giveaway: Fragments.com Jewelry Gift Guide and Giveaway

I am so thrilled to announce an exciting jewelry giveaway sponsored by Fragments.com! One lucky reader is going to WIN a $750 Gift Card to Fragments.com to apply towards any piece of jewelry on their website!

Jewelry Blogger Gem Gossip Launches Ring Collection

I guess it’s inevitable that when you surround yourself with the most beautiful jewelry, you start mentally designing your own. This may explain why fellow jewelry blogger, Danielle Miele, of the popular Gem Gossip just launched her own collection of rings

Jewelry Designer Spotlight: Dana Kellin

Do you ever get that feeling, looking at a piece of jewelry? You know, where you get a little quiver in the pit of your stomach and realize you’ve seen something quite extraordinary? That’s how I felt…

Vegas, Baby! A Wrap-Up of Gorgeous Jewels and Trends at Jewelry Shows

The JCK and Couture jewelry shows were everything and more that I thought they would be. Amazing beauty everywhere: just walking down random aisles I saw the most spectacular sparkle! The best part, though, was seeing and meeting the people behind the jewelry…